M2 Research Internship - ER

This internship is for students enrolled in the "Research" profile of the Water-Resource Master's program. It represents the students' first real experience of a significant duration in the field of research, by being integrated into a research team and laboratory, and is therefore an essential step in their future orientation.

The project is expected to include a phase in which a problem is formalized, based on a rigorous state of the art, a phase in which an approach is put in place, and a phase in which results are produced and analyzed.
The whole project is to be submitted in accordance with the procedures defined by the host organization and the educational advisor. A dissertation is required for academic assessment.
Internship subjects are varied and cover a wide range of issues in the water and environment sectors, given the diversity of topics covered in the course and by the research teams involved in supervising and assessing interns.

Confidentiality of evaluations (written and oral) is possible.

Develop professional experience in a research organization. The internship is designed to help students gain a better understanding of the professional environment and develop their personal qualities. In particular, it will enable you to acquire the know-how needed to answer a scientific question put forward by a researcher or a research team, and to learn how to work as a researcher.

The EU is structured in three phases:

- a phase of information on the proposed subjects and meetings with the research teams to enable the most appropriate selection of the subject;

- the internship within the Research Unit and the host team; 

- writing a thesis to be defended orally before a jury. 

As part of this UE, students will also receive support and guidance in preparing for courses leading to doctoral scholarships, notably through the ED GAIA.

Full continuous assessment